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Frances “Poppy” Northcutt

Frances “Poppy” Northcutt, graduated from University of Texas at Austin with a degree in mathematics and started as a contractor for TRW Systems (now a part of Northrop Grumman) working for NASA in 1965 as a human “computress.” “What a weird title this is,” she recalled thinking then, in an interview with TIME magazine in 2019 “Not only do they think I’m a computer, but they think I’m a gendered computer.” She was promoted a year later to a Return-to-Earth Specialist, calculating mission trajectories. Making her the first woman in a technical position at Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.

Poppy was the only woman working in NASA&

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Crew 280 Mission Summary

The Crew

The Hypatia I crew is an interdisciplinary and multigenerational team composed of 9 women selected to participate in an analog mission at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) between 16-29 April, 2023. Their names and backgrounds are presented below.

  • Mariona Badenas-Agustí (Crew Commander & Crew Astronomer): Degree in Astrophysics from Yale University, a master’s degree in Astrophysics, Cosmology, and High Energy Physics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and a Ph.D candidate in Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She spends much of her free time giving educational lectures on the universe and space exploration.

  • Carla Conejo González (Crew Executive Officer & Crew Biologist): Degree in Human Biology by the Pompeu Fabra University, a master’s degree in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Industry by the same university, and a postgraduate’s degree in Science Communication by the University of Vic. Cofounder of the science-travel app Polaris. Former head of Science Programs at the Fun

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    Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher (Women in Antiquity) [1 ed.] 9780190210038, 9780190210045, 9780190659141, 0190210036

    Table of contents :
    Cover
    Hypatia
    Copyright
    Dedication
    Contents
    List of Figures
    Acknowledgments
    A Lenten Murder
    1 Alexandria
    2 Childhood and Education
    3 The School of Hypatia
    4 Middle Age
    5 A Philosophical Mother and Her Children
    6 The Public Intellectual
    7 Hypatia’s Sisters
    8 Murder in the Street
    9 The Memory of Hypatia
    10 A Modern Symbol
    Reconsidering a Legend
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index

    Citation preview

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    H Y PAT I A

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    WOM E N I N A N T IQU I T Y Series Editors: Ronnie Ancona and Sarah B. Pomeroy This book series provides compact and accessible introductions to the life and historical times of women from the ancient world. Approaching ancient history and culture broadly, the series selects figures from the earliest of times to late antiquity. Cleopatra A Biography Duane W. Roller Clodia Metelli The Tribune’s Sister Marilyn B. Skinner Galla Placidia The Last Roman Empress Hagith Sivan Arsinoë of Egypt and Macedon A Roya

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